Highway to London 2012
Ato Boldon
Did you know- In the course of the decades from 1996 to 2000,Ato Boldon picked up a whole offour Olympic medals. On July 27, 1996 Boldon captured the bronze medal in the men’s 100m at the Atlanta Olympic Games. 5 times later on, he concluded third in the 200m, driving Michael Johnson (Usa) and Frank Frederick (Namibia). Through the 2000 Summertime Olympics in Sydney (Australia), Boldon attained a silver medal for putting next in the 100m and a bronze medal for 3rd area in the 200m.
Edwin Roberts
Did you know- By Oct 1964,Edwin Roberts took third put in the men’s 200m in the Game titles of the XVII Olympiad in Asia. Encouraged by its medal in Tokyo (Japan), he captured the intercontinental title at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Online games in San Juan de Puerto Rico. 5 decades later on, he had gained a bronze medal in the Pan American Video games in Cali, Colombia.
George Bowell
Did you know- By 2008,TT’s swimmer George Bowell was picked the flag bearer of the Olympic delegation for the 29th Summer months Olympics in the People’s Republic of China. His variety was based mostly on his worldwide status. Four many years back, Bowell, an American-trained swimmer, experienced captured the bronze medal in the men’s 200m specific medley in the Summer season Olympics in Athens, Greece the Caribbean’s initial swimming medal due to the fact 1996. This noteworthy son of Trinidad & Tobago, a white athlete, swam the 200-meter particular person medley in an extraordinary 1:58.80, breaking the previous mark of 1: 58.98 established by Italy’s Olympic champ Massimiliano Rosolino in Sydney 2000.
Ian Morris
Did you know- In 1992,Ian Morris arrived in fourth place in the men’s 400m in the Games of the XXV Olympiad in Barcelona, Spain.
Michael Agostini
Did you know- Sprinter Michael Agostini completed fourth in the 100m and sixth in the 200m at the Melbourne Olympics in the mid-1950s.
Pan American Online games
Did you know- Towards the end of the 1970s, the small Caribbean island-nation of Trinidad Tobago sent 11 athletes, led by its Olympic champ Hasely Crawford, to the Pan American Games in San Juan de Puerto Rico. However, none of them received medals.The national crew provided the next athletes: Janice Bernand, Joseph Coombs, Crawford, Anthony Husbands, Rafeer Mohammed, Edwin Noel, Michael Paul, Michael Salomon, Ephraim Serrette, Linton Williams, and Alexander Willis.
Summer time Olympics
Did you know- Concerning July 25 and August 9, 1992, the National Olympic Committee sent 8 athletes, led by its global star Samuel Gene, to Barcelona (Spain) to compete in the Games of the XXV Olympiad. The group of Trinidad and Tobago competed in biking and observe and discipline. Bike owner Gene was the nation’s finest Olympic athlete when he arrived in eighth position in the 1km time demo. In addition, the Trinidadian group finished seventh in the men’s 4x400m relay (athletics).